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5 Examples of Sustainable Public Internet Access Programs

5 Examples of Sustainable Public Internet Access Programs

Published on: May 22 2013 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on 5 Examples of Sustainable Public Internet Access Programs
Public libraries exist in nearly every country and culture as institutions committed to facilitating access to information. With the right policies and support,...
Citizen election reporting in Kenya was a breakthrough in online-offline collaboration

Citizen election reporting in Kenya was a breakthrough in online-offline collaboration

Published on: May 13 2013 by Guest Writer - 1 Comment
The Kenyan elections were more than a month ago, but a debate continues in the crisis mapping community about whether the various technologies deployed to track...
How Gender Influences Mobile Technologies for Development

How Gender Influences Mobile Technologies for Development

Published on: May 08 2013 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on How Gender Influences Mobile Technologies for Development
  The very first Technology Salon to take place in London occurred just three days after the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) announced that...
3 Key Factors for Your Next Mobile App to Scale Like M-PESA

3 Key Factors for Your Next Mobile App to Scale Like M-PESA

Published on: Mar 27 2013 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on 3 Key Factors for Your Next Mobile App to Scale Like M-PESA
I am Josephine Mutugu and at the Nairobi Technology Salon on What is the Next Mobile Development App that Will Scale? we launched into the discussion with a brief...
Technology Tools for Customer Feedback in Emerging Markets

Technology Tools for Customer Feedback in Emerging Markets

Published on: Mar 20 2013 by Guest Writer - 2 Comments
Customer Experience relies on an ongoing conversation with your customer, and there are many ways that this can be done. Ideally, voice of customer (VOC) feedback...
What the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation Learned From 10 Years of ICT4D

What the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation Learned From 10 Years of ICT4D

Published on: Mar 18 2013 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on What the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation Learned From 10 Years of ICT4D
After more than ten years of support in the realm of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Development, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation...
Teaching the Power of Text Messaging in Haiti

Teaching the Power of Text Messaging in Haiti

Published on: Mar 03 2013 by Guest Writer - 1 Comment
I am Neelley Hicks and I spend a lot of energy telling people about FrontlineSMS and how it can transform communications for those living without Internet in the...
ID Hack for International Development… Would you?

ID Hack for International Development… Would you?

Published on: Feb 22 2013 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on ID Hack for International Development… Would you?
Technology is powerful. Powerful enough to make a tremendous impact on international development. The rapid proliferation of mobile phones across the world has enabled...
20 Ways to Improve mHealth Interventions in Low-Resource Settings

20 Ways to Improve mHealth Interventions in Low-Resource Settings

Published on: Feb 19 2013 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on 20 Ways to Improve mHealth Interventions in Low-Resource Settings
The GETHealth Summit (Global Education and Technology Health), 6-7 February 2013 in the United Nations, New York City, aimed ‘to bridge the health workforce gap...
The 4 Key ICT Sector Challenges for Rwandan Socio-Economic Transformation

The 4 Key ICT Sector Challenges for Rwandan Socio-Economic Transformation

Published on: Feb 17 2013 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on The 4 Key ICT Sector Challenges for Rwandan Socio-Economic Transformation
The Rwanda ICT Sector Profile for the year 2012 is a compilation of indicators that have been selected to measure the Rwanda’s ICT sector performance and track...